Senior Systems Engineer

Job Title: Senior Systems Engineer

Location: Portsmouth Naval Base

We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role

Salary: Up to £49,100 depending on skills and experience

Who we are:

Join BAE Systems and you’ll be part of something bigger. As a valued member of our global colleague network, you’ll bring your unique skills and perspectives to help pioneer progress and protect what matters most. You’ll be trusted to play your part in delivering the advanced, technology-led defence, aerospace and security solutions of tomorrow, shaping a safer future, for all of us.

From the depths of the ocean, to the far reaches of space, there’s no limit to where a career at BAE Systems could take you.

Job Description:

This position sits within the Systems Engineering Hub, which is part of the Warship Technical Authority (WTA) Service Hub. The WTA aims to deliver Naval whole ship, systems and equipment engineering support and change management. You will be part of a high performing Systems Engineering team, which works across the Maritime and Land Defence Solutions business unit. You will be required to lead and manage the delivery of on-going contracted workstreams and deliver tailored systems engineering services to the Asset Management Service Hubs, which comprises of warship Platform Management, Maintenance Management, Supply Chain, Data and Digital Services.

This role would provide an opportunity to gain significant competence in requirement definition and management through the system decomposition using iterative recursion of the functional requirements for the control and indication of submarine platform management system.

Additionally, the position is designed to provide autonomy in the systems engineering team, and concurrently deliver a breadth of experience across the Asset Management organisation, through the application of systems engineering tools and principles in a warship support domain.

Core duties:

• You will apply Systems Thinking to complex system challenges, delivering stakeholder requirements elicitation, analysis and management to ensure systems engineering artefacts are developed to satisfy stakeholder needs.
• You will understand and apply strategies around system development across a typical lifecycle, from requirement elicitation through to qualification, including integration, verification and validation activities.
• You will identify system emergent properties, trade-offs, optimisation, risk management and verification activities.
• You will liaise with multiple internal and external stakeholders to ensure effective and efficient engagement in support of system realisation.
• You will work with multiple Asset Management Service Hubs to tailor and deliver the Systems Engineering capabilities and services as required.
• You will utilise Model Based Systems Engineering Tools (e.g. Enterprise Architect) to capture system definition.
• You will mentor and support Junior Engineers including Secondary Line Management responsibility.

Essential Skills:

• You will understand engineering principles and approaches underpinning design and development activities and be capable of systems thinking, applying holistic approaches to complex problems, including knowledge of appropriate Systems Engineering standards (e.g. ISO 15288)
• You will have experience of requirements management, configuration management, working with large scale complex system designs, including systems lifecycles (V model) and other lifecycle models (e.g. Waterfall, Agile) and associated tools (e.g. JIRA)
• You will be experienced in using a high level design methodology (e.g. UAF, NAF, TOGAF, SysML, UML) and contemporary concepts and technologies (e.g. MBE, MBSE, digital twins, autonomous systems, AR/VR, AI/ML, IoT, etc)
• You will be qualified to degree level, or equivalent, in Systems Engineering or a related discipline; Be a member of a relevant professional body, and be working towards a Chartered Engineer (CEng) level, with an ambition of obtaining professional registration in the future

The BAE Systems Warship Support Asset Management Team:

Asset Management gives you the opportunity to work across a number of exciting programmes and services, such as Type 45, Minehunters, Queen Elizabeth Class Carriers, Type 23s & Offshore Patrol Vessels, International Naval Programmes and the Material State Management Service. Being in the Asset Management business, the role opens up further opportunities of working on exciting future developments that align with our customer’s direction and strategy.

Why BAE Systems?

Here you’ll build a career with purpose and limitless possibilities. With lifelong learning and meaningful work, this is a place where you can grow your career with confidence and be empowered to be your best. You’ll be recognised for your contribution and enjoy rewards tailored to what’s most important to you and your family, support for your financial and personal wellbeing, as well as a balanced lifestyle. In an environment embracing sustainable ways of working and with a strong sense of shared purpose, our supportive culture is a place you can feel you belong and proud of the difference you make.

A place where everyone can thrive:

We’re committed to building an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and supported. We know that a diversity of backgrounds, perspectives and experiences strengthens our teams and is vital to the work we do.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Closing Date: 4th September 2026

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

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